Feature request - ice floes / icy lakes (breakable)

I thought about new ways, new features and maybe a possible way to new islands in the northern part of the map.

I had the idea, that especially in the northern parts of the map (and himfjäll), where often the landscape and weather are snowy, there could be frozen lakes or parts of the shore that are frozen.

It would be really cool :wink: if you (and machines) could walk on them as long as they are frozen. But be cautious, the ice could break.
Tanks, harvesters for example would identify frozen lakes as terrain they can walk on. But they are too heavy and too strong and the ice will break.
Same with explosions on the ice.

Wolves could drive over the ice. But if they transform and stand up for using their gattling, they break through, too.

We would get some shortcuts, maybe even ways to new caves or hidden places that you could just reach by ice. And we would get a natural trap.

Maybe they could even realize that you slip and slide on the ice… And the machines, too. Imagine a runner trying to ram you, but slipping away. Or us using a motorbike on ice sliding in circles around some hunters, then a hunter tries his melee jump attack, rams his sword into the ice and breaks through. :star_struck:
Well, just keep in mind that the coolest action or trap on ice would cause, that you don’t get the loot. But you would be able to get rid of some machines easily… Always with the risk to break through by yourself.

Once broken, the ice could recover within the next 4 hours being ingame.

One more idea was that the way to get to a new dlc-island could also be over a frozen part.
Players who don’t own the dlc could break through the ice and respawn at the shore.

What do you think?

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I’ve been wondering for a long time why this has never been part of this environment, this could be a great new feature, it could open up some frozen ice corridors :v: anyhow let’s see what’s coming next :+1:

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Oh I’m already thinking about a possible update/dlc name and additional features.
I always wanted ski for himfjäll as alternative for bicycles.

Maybe another chance, not just for himfjäll?
Just as option to get fast down a snowy hill while still being able to use a gun.

There could also be snow mobiles, as a vehicle that offers to take a passenger who is able to use weapons.

This update/dlc could be announced with “(Sibirian) Winter is coming (to Östertörn)” and it could expand the story about the soviet invasion and the trials of the resistance to extend the abilities in hacking (fnix) machines, to even get own machines which should enable the resistance to make concentrated assaults on soviet forces to liberate Östertörn.

To be continued, if thoughts grow further :wink:

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All these ideas sound interesting, I like ideas that utilise some form of realism in the lore, the environment would have plenty of these things around, 2023 hopefully will be a big year of additions :heart::v: